TEXT EDITORS

A good amount of research computing revolves around writing programs and editing text files. There is a wide array of text editors available to users; they differ not only in how easy to learn they are, but also in the conveniences offered to users such as syntax highlighting (which makes reading a program easier), and editing modes tailored to a specific programming language or task,

MS Windows text editors

Currently, there is no text editor recommended or installed in Windows workstations at Kellogg (other than WordPad and Notepad). Some of the editors available in Unix are also available (for free) to Windows users.

There are many shareware (try-before-you-buy, low cost software) 32-bit text editors. The following two might be among the most useful to Kellogg users: